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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

516 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 515 AM CST SUNDAY...



* AT 506 AM CST...A TRAINED RIVER SPOTTER REPORTED ICE JAM FLOODING

  ALONG THE FOX RIVER ON THE SOUTH PART OF DUNDEE. AN ICE JAM AT

  THE ISLAND IN THE RIVER AT SOUTH END PARK HAD CAUSED THE

  FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

PEOPLE ALONG THE FOX RIVER IN AND NEAR DUNDEE SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADS.



ICE JAMS CAN DEVELOP AND BREAK UP QUICKLY...RESULTING IN RAPID

FLOODING UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM. PEOPLE ALONG THE RIVER

SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4212 8829 4212 8825 4207 8825 4207 8829



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